Notable Alumni of Shiraz University
- John Limbert, US ambassador.
- Richard Nelson Frye, director of the famous "Asia Institute" in Shiraz, and faculty member of the university.
- Sohrab Rohani, The winners of the 2008 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards(OSPE), Chair of Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at University of Western Ontario
- Mohammad Soleimani, alumnus, Iran's current Minister of Communications.
- Alireza Tahmasbi, alumnus, Iran's current Minister of Mines and Industry.
- Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Iranian politician and former chairman of the Iranian parliament.
- Ata'ollah Mohajerani, alumnus, Secretary of Culture during Khatami's first presidency.
- Mohsen Kadivar, Philosopher.
- Asadollah Alam, Chancellor, close advisor of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Dr. Shahla Solh-ju: First Co-Director of Pahlavi University's Abu Reihan Observatory, one of Iran's very first female professional astronomers.
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John Limbert, US diplomat.
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